Some fun things to do while sheltering in place:

Are you looking for some things to do with your kids now that everyone is home for a while? Here are a few of my top recommendations:

1. Go on a virtual vacation to one of 31 National Parks with Google Earth!  
2. Color some amazing art with Color our Collections: over a hundred museums around the world have turned art from their collections into coloring pages that are available for free! 
3. Do a science experiment from LiveScience! They have a lot of science projects that you can do with what you have at home, organized by topic and by age.  
4. Read together! If you are running out of books (because libraries are closed and delivery is slow... etc.) click here for a collection of videos from #OperationStorytime, where famous people read children's books on social media. 
5. Have you wanted to expose your kids to amazing classical music but worried about the length of the program, late night timeframe, etc? Now you can attend a virtual performance from the Metropolitan Opera, London Symphony Orchestra, a variety of more contemporary performers (click here for a list of livestreamed concerts since this has a variety of artists, you should definitely use your discretion about what will be age-appropriate), or NPR's list of streamed concerts of various genres! 
6. Get creative cooking together! Even if you can't get to the store, lots of food blogs have "pantry" categories (including one of my favorites, Smitten Kitchen).  Aside from being a great life skill to have, cooking is great for developing math skills and kids are more likely to try an unfamiliar food (which could happen more often than normal based on what you have available and how often you want to leave the house!) that they have helped to prepare.  

I'll be adding suggestions a few at a time over the next couple of weeks using the justforfun tag, so if you know of great resources or want to share your experience, please comment below or send me an email!